12:00am
September 24, 2017 | Posted by Webmaster under Volume 25, Number 1, September 2014 |
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Signor Benedick the Moor (bio)
Jonathan Snipes (bio)
Daveed Diggs (of clipping) (bio)
<AUDIO 1 here>
The moral altitude of man is directly related to his aptitude for self preservation
on the brink of a type 1 society the question becomes how effective is self preservation against ourselves
and what happens when the foundations we’ve built crumble and new heights are just out of reach.
Step one in the matrix
don’t think that you can ever make shit
cus shit makes you and shit breaks you
but shit you can never break shit
Step two repeat step one and this time like you mean it
there aint no sweatin no half stepping
no analyzing your dreams shit
Step three
never turn on the tv
big brother is watching with glee
and his eyes on the prize and the prize is your lies
and your lies are the things you believe til you die
Step four is get ready for
the forgetting and the forfeiting of everything you stand for
these are the demands and the courses
Four horses in the form of the forces
moving through space dragging innocent corpses
torque-less look at the abyss to abort this
But it really dont matter tho
cus everybody sleep
everyone asleep
everyone asleep
Virus in the code
while it’s niggas in the street
niggas in the street
niggas in the street
loops in the system
cant nobody miss em
can’t nobody miss em
can’t nobody miss em
but it really dont matter tho
cus everyone sleep
everyone asleep
everyone asleep
Sleep tight my baby
there’s no need for you to cry
your life is laid out you live it until you die
if he tell you different you tell him to walk on by
foolish pride
Pixelated pistols
computer guided missiles
a rose with forty thistles
arose with forty issues
mama grab tissues
baby grab the ipad
shawty say i miss you
nigga say oh my bad
another bitch off screen
sniffin blow sippin lean
what the fuck do it mean?
the matrix is make believe
Welcome to the world of make believe and you can take your shoes off at the couch
slip into some slippers grab a cup of tea inhale the steam into your mouth
open up your senses only to the moment that is what it’s all about
relax away your inhibition until you realize never was there any doubt
I’m your mama
I’m your daddy
I’m that nigga
In the alley
I’m your dr
When you need
have some coke
have some weed
You know me
I’m your friend
Your main boy
Thick and thin
I’m your pushaman
I’m your pushaman
One time for the pushaman
One time for the pushaman
Two times for the pushaman
Two times for the pushaman
AHH PUSH IT
But it really dont matter though cus everyone asleep
repeat
all the same shit now it’s knee deep
on the edge
maybe you should leap
creepin up yeah we just creep
takin a mothafuckin seat
but it really dont matter though cus everyone asleep
But it really dont matter tho
cus everybody sleep
virus in the code
while it’s niggas in the street
loops in the system
cant nobody miss em
but it really dont matter though
cus everyone asleep
Nothin
these niggas ain’t nothin
im lookin for something so why they all frontin
they sittin here fuckin
they all after me and mine
callin on me and my insanity
stressin a blessin so I keep a weapon
and keep em all guessin
and wettin these niggas who need a new lesson
so who need a new lesson nigga???
Step one in the matrix
don’t think that you can ever make shit
cus shit makes you and shit breaks you
but shit you can never break shit
step two repeat step one and this time like you mean it
there aint no sweatin no half stepping
no analyzing your dreams shit
Signor Benedick the Moor
Signor Benedick the Moor is the future. google his name if you really wanna know.
Jonathan Snipes
Jonathan Snipes, formally of Captain Ahab infamy, makes music as 1/3 of noise rap trio clipping. as well as for films such as Room 237 and The Nightmare
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs is also 1/3rd of clipping. and is currently starring in the Broadway hit Hamilton.
12:00am was commissioned by Carlos Lopez Estrada for visuals that eventually became his short film 12:00am.